Social Media Manager Video

Vox Media employees thrive on innovation and change while ambitiously seeking to master their subject areas, hone their craft, and improve their communities. We help smart, talented, creative professionals make a meaningful impact in media, technology and the world around them. The Vox Media house of brands includes industry-leading media forces like SB Nation, Eater, The Verge, Vox, Curbed, Recode, Racked and Polygon, and reaches an audience of hundreds of millions, generating over a billion content views each month.

The Verge

is seeking a full-time Social Media Manager for Video to manage video publishing, distribution, and channel growth out of the New York office. You’ll work with our talented team of producers, directors, and social media managers to grow our video audiences on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

You’ll be responsible for identifying and implementing best practices, and for making sure day to day video publishing is seamless. You’ll provide strategic counsel on video formats, metadata and thumbnails, potential collaborators, and other means to quickly grow our subscriber base.

The ideal candidate should have video and/or social media experience and a deep love for gadgets and all things technology and science. They are a highly creative thinker and are able to quickly change and evolve with the digital landscape.

Daily responsibilities include:

Manage The Verge’s ~1.8MM subscriber YouTube channel, ensuring seamless video publishing that garners the most video views and new subscribers.

Ensure all new videos follow best practices for metadata, thumbnails, annotations, and SEO.

Publish videos to Facebook and Twitter, cross-promote between our three FB pages, and repromote older videos where relevant to our audience.

Monitor channel analytics and fan comments to deliver actionable insights to our producers and directors about how they can improve with weekly data reporting.

Ideal qualifications:

3-5 years experience in video publishing, production, or social media.

Incredible attention to detail and intolerance for errors.

Extensive knowledge of YouTube and other mainstream video channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat.

A passion for all things tech, science, and

The Verge

The Verge

is part of the larger Vox Media team, which is a technology-driven media company solving the problem of developing high-value digital journalism, storytelling, and brand advertising at scale — and empowering the most talented web voices and their audiences. We develop the highest quality content, conversations, and applications for a monthly audience of over 150 million passionate people around the world.

To apply:

A 280-character cover letter (DO NOT SEND a traditional cover letter)

Your resume

About working at Vox Media: This is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits—including flexible hours and generous parental leave. Vox Media strives to provide comprehensive healthcare options for our employees and to ensure that our healthcare and other benefits are LGBTQ-inclusive. Youll be joining a group of focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work thats challenging and fun—and who strive to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.

Company info

Vox Media, Inc.Website : http://www.voxmedia.com

Company Profile
Vox Media is one of the fastest growing online publishers, focused on the sports, personal technology and gaming categories. Vox is solving the problem of developing high-value digital journalism, storytelling and brand advertising at scale. Its audiences are among the most engaged and affluent on the web. Vox was recently named Digiday's Publisher of the Year.

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